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Astronomy News

2012 Jan 25: results of the Jan 23 solar storm, from NASA

2012 Jan 12: team including SA Astronomical Observatory astronomer conclude that all the stars in our galaxy have planets

2012 Jan 12: Failed Mars probe expected to fall to Earth (and burn up in our atmosphere on the way) this Sunday

Events

"Decoding the Distance Scales of Astronomy: The cosmic distance ladder"

 Deatrick Foster (UCT/SAAO).

Public Talk & Open Night

Sat 28 Jan - SAAO, Cape Town

"The Cultural Astronomy of Aboriginal Australians"

Duane W. Hamacher

(Macqurie University in Sydney, Australia).

Public Talk

Fri 3 Feb - SAAO, Cape Town

"Update on the MeerKAT"

Dr. Sarah Blyth (UCT).

Public Talk & Open Night

Sat 11 Feb - SAAO, Cape Town

Moon-watching Charts

for intermediate phase learners

now available

Start observing Jan 25th

Valentine's Day shows

at the Planetarium

Tue 14th Feb 6pm & 8pm

Deadline for a "Valentine message in the stars": Wed 8th Feb 5pm

FAQ

Will there be two suns on <insert date mentioned in the spam e-mail you received>?  Definitely not

Will the world end in 2012?  - Probably not